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Word: shoveler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Right now," says Shamsuddin, a young farmer, "it is an effort for me even to talk to you. How can I dig and shovel earth without food in my belly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bangladesh | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

Down 12-0, Dartmouth finally got on the board when leading scorer Judy Parish fired an overhand shovel shot, narrowly beating Leary. And though the junior goalie did lose her shutout, her performance on the afternoon was nothing short of amazing. On two occasions, Leary wowed the crowd with breathtaking saves...

Author: By Christopher Sanzone, | Title: Laxwomen Drub Big Green, 14-1; Nab Ivy Title | 5/3/1991 | See Source »

...turkeys, you feed them a lot and they shit a lot. Happens every time. The turkey farm where I worked, at a kibbutz just north of Tel Aviv in Israel, was no exception. There were a lot of turkeys. There was a lot of shit. There was the shovel. And there...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, | Title: 43 Years of Freedom | 4/16/1991 | See Source »

...AMERICANS KNOW how difficult it is to shovel turkey shit. We know just how tough it is to make a society live up to the lofty ideals with which it was established. So do the Israelis. For the past 43 years, they've been shoveling the same stuff as us. The difference is that they've been trying to uphold Western values in a region where nobody else does...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, | Title: 43 Years of Freedom | 4/16/1991 | See Source »

...along the northern line, the days are passed with digging. Divisions arriving at the front make their homes with a shovel. Everyone, from the lowest privates to the officers and chaplains, digs. "Each shovel I scoop out means I might save an arm," says Private Gregory White, 20, of Los Angeles, the 82nd Airborne. "The next shovel means I might save a leg." The initial hole is called a "hasty" or a "run and dive." With each passing day, the hasties are dug farther down, so that by now they are armpit deep and flanked by sandbags. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life on The Line | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

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